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Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-18
GarffeId's Financial Affairs.

The North american ReUieU contains
some photographed totes furnished
to Edmund Kirke as materials for a
life OF President Garfield, from which
the following is taken:
By 1857 | was out of debt for college
expenses, and even with the world. At
the time of my marriage-Nov. II,
1851 had accumulated about $1,000
the result of my salary and of lect-
uring before some literary ~associa-
tons. We lived very economically and
frugally, and-still continuing to teach
and lecture-I was worth when | went
into the army in July, 1861, about
$1,000.
After about a years service in the
army l returned home deadly sick,
and, when sufficiently recovered went
on to Washington to serve on the FiiZ
John Porter court-martial. On my re-
turn home l was assigned to Rose
Grams, who then commanded the Army
% the Cumberland. / was at home
only one day and two nights, but
during that time I bought the house
at Hiram, for which 1 paid $1,000.
While l was away with Rosecrans at
at this time my wife built an addition
to the Hiram house, at the cost of a
thousand dollars. When / returned
from the war in December, 1868, | was
worth this house, costing $1,000, and
nearly s., o besides; that is, while in
the army 1 had saved about $4,000.
If they propose to discuss the qucs-
ton of honesty here is a point. During
my army life, as the chief of Rose
Grams staff, | was asked twenty times
a day to grant permits to 90 through
the lines and trade in cotton. BY
doing this l could have made myself
rich; and yet | came out of my two and
4 half years service, having saved in
all that time only 81, 000-and my pay
as Brigadier had been $1,000 a year,
and for the last few months, as Major
General. 5000. Ihad to pay for my
own horse and uniform, though we
have some few allowances. | had, OF
course to live like a gentleman and to
support my family, but neither my
wife nor | spent money needlessly. . . .
| served in the army up to the 9TH OF
December, 1868, resigned one day, and
took my seat in Congress the next.
had not even time, coming direct from
the field as | did with dispatches, to
get a suit of civilians clothes. Ide-
livered my dispatches to Lincoln and
Haileck from Rosecrans, went over
the ground with them, and then took
my seat in the House. / staid in Wash.
iugton alone the first winter, leaving
ny wife and our little Harry at Hiram.
When / got home from hat session,
and we were sitting together in our
little parler, my wife slipped into my
hand q little memorandum that she
had made. In it she had figured out
that we had been married four years
and three-quarters and lived together
only twts.LT weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-18
Keep Your Eyes Shut.

We are told to keep our eyes ever
open. 1t is often well to keep them
shut. One of the chief causes of
disease is the straining of the
eyes and the consequent tension of the
mind. When stretched in a BARRIERS
chair Ito not try To read a newspaper,
but close your lids under the soothing
uBdulatio:is of the lather brush or the
dreamy sensation of the shampoo
with the darky's big hands gliding
DER your pate. In a railway carriage,
instead of staring out of your sockets
ut the landscape which is being torn
in slreds before you, fold your arms,
bow your head. and listen to the
whirr of the wheels that make an ac-
compartment to q wordless son
grooming in your heart. Again, in
the eoneert room, in place of survey
ing the audience critically, or watch
ing the beauty of the singer behind
the footlights. shut your eyes once
more, ami let tine music sink into your
soul. rocking it on waves of emotion
and waiting it inselsibly into the ideal
world. Ia Il sill higher sense, to
keep our eyes AMI ~lauth shut is one of
the siSest lessons Of life.-Moatreal
Gazette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-18
FL LEDGER.
THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1887,
The Women of Central Soudan.

The women of the household have
got over their first trerlors, and come
TO the conclusion that we are n good
natured and harmless sort of fellows.
At first they peep owe the wall or out
of neighboring doorways, till, growing
bolder, they venture in groups out of
their hiding places to see, and doubtless
to be seen. Not to alarm them, we
take notes surreptitiously, and observe
that they make up quite an ~ethnologi-
cal collection of African types. Fillani
Haussa women from the neighborhood,
Nupe and Yoruba specimens from the
Niger districts, and others from the
tribes of Adamawa and the Benue
region. Clearly our friend is a man
of catholic tastes in the matter of
IN His harem presents all kinds
of face and figures, from the copper
colored Fillani, with slender, 1.-THE
figure, well-shaped face, and positively
beautiful eyes, to the shapeless form,
black skin, ugly face, and muddy eyes
of the lowest negro type. They are all
dressed alike, with a lower tnrkedt or
cloth around the waist, hanging to the
ankles, a second sheet wound round
the body under the armpits, and third
III tllC Il Z IIlotAt Va q itl " IA
the head and shoulder. The hair is
gathered into a solid ridge of grease
and hair, which extends from the brow
to the nape of the neck, something
after the manner of the crest of a he'll
met. From each temple hangs a kind
of stiff love-lOck. The ankles are
adorned with enormously heavy anklets
of solid brass, the bar being little short
of an inch and 4 half in thickness, the
ends ornamented with neatly made
polygonal beads. Nothing better
finished could be turned out Of 4
European workshop. Round the wrist
are placed several more brass brace
lets, not so expansively made. but col
lectively so heavy that to ease their
arms the wearers are frequently to be
seer with hands clasped behind the
head or hanging down their backs.
The ornaments usually include a string
of agate beads made i'll the country.
The women, unlike the men, do not
affect white c%olors, the more fashion
able cloths being checks of dark blue
a medium tint of the same, white, and
Magenta. Among those who "a afford
expensive articles the latter two colors
are prevalent.
Strangers are not usually admitted
into the family compound, but it mus
not be supposed that the women ar,
strictly kept inside and never let out
Quite the reverse. In the evening
they are almost invariably left a
liberty to wander forth and join in any
dance or merry-making there may bt
afoot, and | would not like to be re
snonSibIe for the statement that theil
behavior is always of the best on these
occasions. During the day, also, i
any of the women have anything tt
buy or sell at the market, there is NJ
restriction to their going thither- II
the more wealthy families, however
there is always one if not two wive
who are kept in strict seclusion, ant
not unfrequently eunuehs are employed
to guard the moral of the harem.-
Joseph Thomson, in Harper's Magazine
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-18
Female

Chew! Chewi Chew! 1t mas be-
come a National habit, and he or she
who has not a mouthful of gum or
tobacco upon which the energies are
expended is an exception. In social
gatherings, on the street-car, at public
entertainments, it is the same ever
lasting wagging of the chin. Wax
fixtures of the people of the present
will be made, a thousand years from
now. with q perpetual motion machine
hidden in the mouth to keep the Jaws
moving in order to be a realistic repre-
sentation. The figure would be a
c~aricature without it. Happy Is the
aum-manufacturer in this day and
Generation, for the cry is still for more
Of his products. Refined women can
rival the most inveterate tobacco
showers in their power of chewing.
Like the flowing of Tennysonss
brook their jaws wag on ..for-
eyer.-Totedo Blade.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-18
EDUCATIONAL.
t'rasu .tsship a EFsaeis 81 sdacatiea which
1sterlaiiy AsieeeS Every Chtid,
rESMANSutf

\ Stcrr<=N,i, I'taa g., tae1te tnteFess te
>ltriH,~- GuS,tte t'rtislon,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-18

An EagIi$hn.an ~ro4e 10 an adrer.
tiser ri g2aio fowls eggs for II ..sit-
ting. He got the eggs an:i they we're
Matched al right has tnsacd ont all
cocks. The iiodge i cyideht. The
breeder did not care - sell Il elIstom-
er eggs Of both sexes. lest lie should
breeti tile yaluihls- stock. Doubtless
another buyer had all hens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-18
PCRI.IC OPINION.

The worst education that teaches self
denial is better than the best that
teaches everything else and not that.
john Stirling.
II vexed with a child when instruct.
ing it. try to write with your left hand,
remembering u child is all left hand
j. =. BoqeS.
Teaching is sacred, and no one is fit
to engage in the work unless he 10
willing to use all e for right and
powerful infiuencc--Jdmes II. Barker.
Give work a practical turn. Cause
children to feel that what they are do
ing will be useful to them, and that it
is worth their while to be attentive
The Supplement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-18

Lii Hung Chang. the Chinese ..a;cs-
man said to "a missionary: y have
read the bible. / know nil yen Chris
tian nations preach the eoiden rule q.
Dc unto others as you would be done
by, but non Of yoH live up to it. The
Americans come nearest to living up
TO it, however.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-18
A NEW

A NEW DEPAREI RE.
Choosing sides always had its fash
ionable seasons in the spelling class.
but SO far as we know it has only been
applied to a single lesson or exercise
at a time. Even under these limita-
tions it has been so successful in
awakening an interest that the wonder
grows that it has not had its usefulness
extended, hat the method has not
been extended to other branches.
We know one teacher beyond the
Mississippi who has awaited herself of
the advantages in every subject. When
she discovers a lack of interest in any
branch, she has two pupils choose
sides for divisions that shall recite to-
gether for a week. and so on for a
month or more, until she thinks some
other branch needs this inspiration
more.
The first advantage, and it is not
slight, is that each pupil at once under
stands the estimation in which he is
held by his classmates. A boy or girl
that has been comparatively indifferent
to his marking upon his monthly re-
port, or to his teachers estimate of his
scholarship, feels quite different when
he sees all his classmates elected upon
one side and the other while he is left,
badly left, because they think he knows
nothing.
In spelling he does not care so much
because some very good scholars in
everything else are left to keep him
company, but it is quite a differ
ent thing when he is left in arithmetic.
in grammar, and in geography
Many a boy over whom the teacher has
had no influence, spurts up, takes an
interest. gives his attention, studies
hard. and is a credit to the class when
he finds that without such activity on
his part he must remain an undesira-
BILE attachment to either of the chosen
divisions.
There are new motives for good and
poor scholars alike to study. There is
not only personal pride involved, but
a community pride as well. Many a
pupil who would not are much for his
own humiliation under any circum-
stances does care when he finds that his
failure d~isgraces a score of his mates
who have honored him by their choice.
Not only does each pupil look after his
own preparation of the lesson, but
also after the preparation of the lesson
by each of the other pupils. He wants
20 know that each of the division is
ready upon every difficult point. If
John failed yesterday, three or four of
the class will make inquiries of John
about his readiness to-day, and will
give him points about difficult ques-
tons; So that ii John were inclined to
take life easy, it is no easy task.
The teachers testimony is, that the
moment she announces that for a time
they will recite in geography, for in
stance, by choosing sides. their inter-
est in that subject Increases. Not only
SO, but the interest in that subject con
tinues long after they have ceased to
recite that lesson in that way, partly
because they have learned to love
study, and that study in particular, but
also because they want to fortify them
selves by much study for the next
season of choosing sides.
In one teachers hand we know that
this aecomplishes great results. and
does it with no apparent attendant
eyils.-J0Hrgtai of EdHeafion
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-08-05
MADELIA. July 20

MADELIA, July 70.
Last Friday some genuine expert
ence" was dealt out to our citizens by
jewelry hawker. Among those who
crowded up to the wagon and bit vocif-
erously was our editor, Benny. Now
all of US enjoy good laugh on Benny,
and as this was the first chance afforded
for long time, We tried hard to make
it entertaining for him. But, Benny,
we couldn't help tit was too good.
Next morning, as usual, Benny walks
down to the postoffice, but his customary
cordial greeting to his friends along the
wayne are all his friends and were
then-was entirely wanting. But If you
want to get Benny to talk on the subject
just say ''druggist-banker." He says be
don't pity them one bit. (they must
have been caught laughing at Benny
too.) They did not bite so often as he
did, but bit good deal bigger, so Benny
says. This thought is some solace to
him, but still, he Gays it was pretty
tough.
We omitted to mention in our last let
ter that G. A. Robinson, of tonsorial
fame, had moved into new quarters in
Flanders new building. Mr.. RS large
and sweet smile Is in good keeping with
the surroundings. He looks perfect
prince through that plate glass front, be-
side his new chair and with new furni-
ture and fittings throughout. Then there
is that most healthy and luxurious
'bath'' to the rear. We don't believe
another town in Southern Minnesota
can show nester, prettier or better
equipped tonsorial parlor than Madelia.
The heavy rain yesterday succeeded
in wetting the ground pretty thorough
ly, and also in stopping the harvest
ers for a while. It will not do any dam
age to the grain, but should we have a
long wet spell now, much grain would
be ruined, owing to the poor shocking
If our farmers would take more pains to
have their grain properly shocked, al,
though it would take little more time
and labor in the first instance, it would
generally be cheaper IN the end. Il
once properly shocked it stays and will
stand any amount of rain, whereas when
it is poorly set up, after a slight rain, al
though not enough to cause it to grow
it has to be all set out again before it car
be hauled and stacked.
MIR. Flander, one of our public spirit.
ed men, has sunk we'll OH his new
Park addition, which Is eighteen feet in
diameter. he has secured large res.
ervoir Of water. Would it not be vel
for our village to look into the matter Of
securing water there for fire purposesi
This ground is the highest in the vicini.
ty of our village, and it looks as if this
was the most practical thing yet. Al
present we have no protection against
fire, but our business men are now put
ting up good buildings at considerable
expense and are already beginning to
demand fire protection. II is right, too
that they should have it, and the village
will soon have to meet their demand in
| some way.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-08-05
THE FALL ELECTIONS.

This is, in truth, an offyear in politics.
There are scarcely any events of Nation
al interest to be decided, and it is only
IN Virginia that enough public interest
centers to induce Presidential prospec-
tors to attach any Importance to the
figures.
1t is evident however, that the battle
In Virginia will be holly contested one.
The State went Democratic four years
ago under the leadership of James s.
Barbour, but that gentleman has been
sighted In favor of John W. Daniels,
and, moreover, the Republicans have
since carried the State in Congressional
elections by large majorities. The utter
failure of the State government to deal
with the coupon question, or any of the
troubles which are draining the life out
of Virginia, has not only encouraged the
Republicans, but it has reduced the
Democrats to condition between apa.
thy and desperation, in which they are
willing to resort to any measures u
avert the manifest probability of a Re
publican legislature and the election o
a Republican successor to Mr.. Riddle
berger.
Il OF the two other States whose legis
latures will elect u. s. Senators this yea
there can be no doubt of Iowa, which, j
it does not elect Mr.. James F. Wilson
will assuredIy send an equally stronl
Republican to succeed him. The othe
State, Kentucky, will with equal certain
ty send Democrat-if not Mr.. Beck
then a member of "the great unterrifed'
} equally pronounced in views.
, Texas, Tennessee and Oregon viii ties
} the prohibition question by a popula
: vote, and in the two former States tn
contest will be an exceedingly keen one
= There can be no doubt that the prohibi
ton sentiment is growing in the South
/ and in Tennessee the chances may wei
, be that prohibition will carry the day.
l Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massa
chusetts and Ohio elect Legislatures an,
: Governors. Virginia, New York an,
= New Jersey also elect Legislatures, an,
3 few minor State officers are to be file,
3 in New York and Pennsylvania.
2 The conventions of the two parties Il
a Ohio caused great interest, more in fact
r than the election itself is likely to OWN
. to the result being a foregone conclusion
! Judging from the enthusiasm exhibite
= at the Republican convention, Governo
: Foraker's majority is likely to be some
thing pretty large. But altogether ther
is little TO divert the attention of th
: professional politician this year from tn
great struggle of 1888. Something ma
!. come out of the struggle in Virginia, bU
D al! else denotes foregone conclusion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-08-05
NIcoLLET, July %.

NICoLLET, July %.
The recent rain has stopped labor in
the fields. although the majority of the
grain is in stacks there is plenty left in
the shocks.
Threshing commences next Monday
in this vicinity, d. Currier being the
first to thresh out of shock, and viii be
followed by four of his neighbors.
A. F. Rabe enjoys a visit from his
sister and brother-in-law ofChicago.
]. johnson and Ole Skain removed
their steam thresher to CRANKY last
Tuesday and are prepared to do excel
lent work.
G. S. Laumann, of Keokuk, Iowa, If
visiting his daughters.
The engine for our new mill has ar
rived, and Messrs Reed and SIlversor
are busily engaged in placing in the ma
chinery.
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Rochester, made
trip through the western part of the
C. & N. w. railroad lands and stopped
off at Nicollet. We understand he SOLE
several lots, but did not sell as man!
as expected owing to the price h
held them at.
OF johnson, our genial shoemaker
fell from buggy last evening, but fol
tunately, excaped unhurt.
M. Schaffer, of CRANKY, has lost tire
children from diphtheria. VIM. Yin
has child sick with the same disease.
Mr.. Hunt gave us pleasant call las
Wednesday, and added quite a numbe
of subscribers to the FREE PRESS list.
H. ]. Essler and J. A. johnson, bot
st. Peter Herald men, were seen on on
streets Monday. ALLEGRO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-08-05
A NEW SCHEME OF THE RAIL
ROADS.

Since the advent of the interstate COM
merce law, which imposes heavy penal
ties for all kinds of discrimination, rail-
ways have been put to their trumps to
discover ways to afford special advant-
ages. The Minnesota & Northwestern
seem to have invented new and clever
method. 1t changes the running time
of its passenger trains in such way that
one can go from Minneapolis or st. Paul
to Chicago and be only one business day
away from home, while by all other
routes it consumes three days time
making saving In time by taking the
Minnesota & Northwestern night limit
ed of two full business days, equal, il
ones time Is worth $40 per day. to saw.
ing of $28 in time and hotel bills. What
the old roads will do about it remains'tc
be seen. 1t is evident that they cannot
meet 1t by reducing their fares as the
saving is S. more than the whole rail
road fare for the round trip.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-08-05

He Predicts the Downfall OF the
Llberal-


LoNDox, July 30.-Mr. Gladstone adj
dressed the Liberal Radical union this
evening. He said that at the last cleo
ton the Unionists had q majority Of only
70, 900 In the whole country, and that II
the Liberals reclaimed l50. 900 yotestheir
strength in parliament, now in the mi
nority, would become majority of 100.
Continuing he said that 10000 votes
represented II per cent. Of the whole
electorate, and that the recent elections
had already given the Liberals six or
seven seats, gains which indicated that
the Liberals would triumph If parlia-
ment were dissolved tomorrow. In re-
gard to the Unionists members he was
sure that the electors who supported or
refrained from opposing them at the last
election mistook the position. They be-
lieyed Irish autonomy to be of question
able policy or even mischeyious, but
anyhow they expected that the Union
lists would cooperate with the remain
der of the party in regard to Liberal
principles, especially against coercion.
The result, however, was that the Union
lists behaved as lifelong foes. "He con-
tinued: Ear from Remembering the
empire we intend to solidify it. The
electors are rapidly and almost unani-
mously arriving at the right judgment.
The question of returning the Irish
members in Westminster is still an open
one. But it viii never be allowed to in.
terfere with the attainment of our OBJ.
jects. When autonomy is gained il
Ulster desired severance from the rest
of Ireland the Liberal party viii not
stand in the way. This ought to be 8
conclusive answer to those who allegt
that the Liberals are indisposed to try
the effects of reunion. The land bill
as amended confers vital and importan
benefits in Ireland" Mr.. Gladston,
condemned the "plan of campaign,
though the tenents, he said, were not a
much to blame as those who drove then
20 adopt it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-08-05
First ins. july s; last Aug. 10.
AGE FORECLOSURES SALE.

Default has been made In the conditions OF
mortgage, executed by Frank wagner anu
Anna Wagner his wife, 10 John Deegsn, dated
Register OF Deeds OF Blue Earth county, Min
nesota, April nth, 1881, i'm Book IS OF Aortga-
geS, on page S2l, conveying the following de-
County Of Hue Earth, State of minnesota, Viz:
The northwest quarter OF the southeast quar-
ter, Of section two C2l in township one hun.
dred aud seven 400 north, of range twenty
five Cs5) west, TO secure the payment OF a Ger
tain prOmtsSOry note OF the same date, made by
said Frank Wagner and Anna Wagner TO said
John DcegSn Tor one hundred dollars, payable
June LIST, 1887, with interest AZ per cent. per
annum, which note and mortgage were by writ
ten assignment dated April llth, 1887, duly as
signed by said John Deegan 20 Alice U.
Hughes, and which assignment was duly re-
corded in said office OF the Register OF Deeds
Of Blue Earth county, on the 18th day OF April
1887, in Book ~ Of Mortgages, on page SeS, and
note and mortgage one hundred and one and
S5-IOO dollars, together with twenty-five dollars
stipulated in SAID mortgage To be paid as sole
iturs fees in case of foreclosure thereof, and
no proceeding at law or otherwise has been In
stiIuted TO collect said debt or any part there
Of and said u. ortgage contains powerot sale
Therefore, notice is hereby given, that by VIZ
tue Of said power of sale and of the statutes IN
such case made and provided, said mortgagS
will be forCclOS q, and the premises therelI
ana above described viii be sold by the sheriff
of said Blue Earth county, at public auction
on the
Goth day of August, 1887,
atteu clock a. m at the front door of the OficS
OF Register Of Deeds of said Blue Earth county
in Mankato, MINI, 10 satisfy the amount theI
said TWENTY-FIVE dollars solicitors fees and tn
expenses allowed by law.
Dated at MankatO, Minnesota, this eth day o
July '' AICEO. HUGHES,
Assignee
WILLARD 4 HUGHES,